Raventree Hall
Raventree Hall is the seat of House Blackwood. It is located in Blackwood Vale in the Riverlands.
George R. R. Martin has not published the location of Raventree on maps yet, but the non-canon map for HBO's Game of Thrones places the castle north of Riverrun and the Red Fork and south of Wendish Town,[1] and therefore west of Fairmarket and the Inn of the Kneeling Man.[2]
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The Castle
The castle has high, ancient stone walls with moss climbing up them. There are two huge, square towers flanking the gate and a square tower at each angle in the wall. It is also defended by a deep moat lined with stone. Inside the walls there is a muddy outer ward, a cavernous timber keep and a godswood. Lord Blackwood's solar is large and airy, with great beams of dark oak. Wool tapestries adorn its walls, while latticework doors with panes of diamond-shaped yellow glass overlook the godswood.[3]
Raventree's godswood contains a dead, ancient weirwood of colossal size. Every evening at dusk hundreds of ravens come and roost all night on the dead weirwood as they have for thousands of years. It is claimed to have been poisoned by the Brackens.[3] At one point, Raventree marked the eastern border of the ironborn dominion under House Hoare.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
During the War of the Five Kings, the stronghold is taken by House Lannister due to the absence of Lord Blackwood.[4]
A Storm of Swords
At some point, the northern army gains control of Raventree Hall. Ser Garth Greenfield is held captive there.[5]
A Feast for Crows
Raventree is under siege by Lord Jonos Bracken. Lord Karyl Vance implores Ser Jaime Lannister to intervene, knowing that Lord Tytos Blackwood would never surrender to Lord Jonos.[6]
A Dance with Dragons
In the wake of the Red Wedding and the following submission of Riverrun and Seagard, Raventree Hall is the last castle in the Riverlands refusing to declare for King Tommen Baratheon. Jaime Lannister goes to Raventree and negotiates the surrender of Lord Tytos, taking his son Hoster as a hostage to ensure Tytos's good behavior.[3] Tytos intends to have the bones of Lucas Blackwood, another son who was killed at the Red Wedding, buried beneath Raventree's great weirwood.[3]
Chapters that take place at Raventree Hall
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game of Thrones Viewer's Guide
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.